Taking the magic out of miracles
Promoting a more rationalist attitude to life at a mass level, that's what the Jan Vigyan Jatha sets out to do
Value addition
A Pune teacher develops a calculator made out of cardboard for as little as Rs 15, which can even handle mindbending logarithms.
Saved from the axe
Spirited village women in Himachal Pradesh save a clump of deodar trees from being chopped by mercenary woodcutters.
Pouring prosperity
The micro-watershed development project in Maharashtra has put a stop to what was earlier an annual ritual of deserting the drought-prone …
Drifting with nature
Natural farming is the only hope in sight, says a farmer from Hoshangabad
Five-star exploitation
Water for slums
More than a cuppa
Joint forest management makes Darjeeling's Makaibari estate an environmental treasure
Victims of ignorance
Hoarding the rain
Check dams have marked a watershed in the chronically parched village of Hivare in Maharashtra
Planting trees instead of feeding brahmins
Even death ceremonies in these 1,200 villages in orissa's Puri district have been transformed
Home where the blackbuck roam
The religion of the Bishnoi community in Punjab has protected the blackbuck
Major battle for minor stuff
Trilbals dependent on the jungle's gifts fight it out in Bilaspur district
Bihar's rural Nightingales
Healthcare receives a boost in starkly poor villages
Planting trouble
Kids in aid of bilbies
Building a green roof
10,000 trees in 66 years, an octogenarian revives greenery in a village in Bihar
Friends of the river
Clearing the Ganga, is their mission even if it means fishing out scores of bodies from the river
Forests, fuel and fodder
From deficit to surplus: a success story of joint forest management from Sakwa, a tiny village in south Gujarat
Educating the underprivileged
A review of our educational and training policy is desperately needed to educate tribals, the backward classes and the poor
Return to haven
A couple decided to give up the city life and experiment with a sustainable, agrarian lifestyle. Their efforts are bearing fruit after 15 years …
Learning made easy
The Education Guarantee Scheme of the Madhya Pradesh government is a new approach to encouraging rural children to attend school. And the scheme …
River of joy
Rejuvenation of the Ruparel river in Rajasthan has brought about a wave of prosperity in the region. The gains are manifold
The seeds of traditional wisdom
A farmer in northern India has adopted agricultural practices that are attuned -- and not disruptive -- to the rural environment. Moreover, he …
Communities to the rescue
Malaria is no longer an unmanageable disease in the Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe, thanks to a community-based project